Esiste un movimento agroecologico in Cina? Forme, istanze e traiettorie a partire dal caso Foodthink

In China, agroecology has been institutionalized as a science and a practice under the label of "Chinese ecological agriculture" (zhongguo shengtai nongye, 中国生态农业). It is embedded in the official discourse of Ecological Civilization and framed in largely technocratic and depoliticized terms. Unlike in Latin America, agroecology in China has not developed as a social movement. This article asks whether an embryonic Chinese agroecological movement is nonetheless emerging outside institutional channels. It examines Foodthink, a Beijing-based platform that grew out of the Beijing Farmers' Market. The analysis draws on the platform's online and offline activities, triangulated with interviews and ethnographic observation. Foodthink operates as an epistemic community that brings together researchers, farmers, consumers and NGOs through information, training, advocacy and research. Its work addresses at least six of the FAO's ten elements of agroecology: co-creation and sharing of knowledge, human and social values, culture and food traditions, circular and solidarity economy, responsible governance and biodiversity. The article argues that knowledge-based mobilizations of this kind can link local practices with a systemic reading of global crises. In doing so, they help move the Chinese food system from level 4 toward level 5 of Gliessman's model of agroecological transition, where the food system as a whole is transformed on the basis of equity, participation and socio-ecological justice.